I purchased this item about a week or two back, so I've had a bit of time to use it a little inbetween work.I'll start with the biggest part; assembly.It's a huge huge pain, and the biggest problem tends to be the instructions. While the pictures aren't hard to see, and the quality of the pictures is fine, at times it's hard to tell what direction a piece goes or how it should go.The directions rarely have any written parts to describe how to assemble a certain section, and you're left to just go over the picture multiple times and make sure it looks the same as you're going along.Assembly for the desk took about a full day. I put the desk together myself, with no assistance from another person. The only part I needed help with was moving the desk in place. It's very awkward to move due to the L shape, and a little heavy.The hutch I actually had more trouble putting together than the desk. The pictures threw me off much more often than the desk did, and I had to unscrew parts at time and flip them around. The hutch is actually quite heavy, but is very sturdy once assembled.The hutch assembly took an entire day as well, I probably took more time with it due to just putting together the desk. and being off work that day, but it would take a few hours to put together regardless.During the end of the assembly I had help putting the hutch on the desk, and screwwing it in. It's just about the only part of assembly in which you will require some help.The desk looks great once it's completely assembled with the hutch on top. Holds a lot of stuff on the hutch, with some extra space to spare.Nothing about the desk felt cheap to me, only thing I couldn't stand were the awful directions which gave me a headache(literally).It's a lot bigger than I expected, but it fit in the room just fine.Just make sure if you have a smaller room, to do some measurements beforehand.All in all I'd recommend this to anyone who has the space, and time(not to mention patience) for the desk.